a. [ OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. √85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse's forehead. ]
On the bald top of an eminence. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the preface to his own bald translation. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bald buzzard (Zool.),
Bald coot (Zool.),
n. [ LL. baldachinus, baldechinus, a canopy of rich silk carried over the host; fr. Bagdad, It. Baldacco, a city in Turkish Asia from whence these rich silks came: cf. It. baldacchino. Cf. Baudekin. ]
(Zool.) The white-headed eagle (Haliæetus leucocephalus) of America. The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on the head. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The bald eagle is represented in the coat of arms, and on the coins, of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. [ Icel. Baldr, akin to E. bold. ] (Scan. Myth.) The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of
v. t. To mix or adulterate, as liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]
The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even
mix it with pigeon's dung and quicklime. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Of uncertain origin: cf. Dan. balder noise, clatter, and E. dash; hence, perhaps, unmeaning noise, then hodgepodge, mixture; or W. baldorduss a prattling, baldordd, baldorddi, to prattle. ]
Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both name and nature, and is called balderdash. Taylor (Drink and Welcome). [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
adv. Nakedly; without reserve; inelegantly. [ 1913 Webster ]